Small pthread.h problem.

Ulrich Drepper drepper@redhat.com
Sun Feb 25 08:03:00 GMT 2001


Kaz Kylheku <kaz@ashi.footprints.net> writes:

> #ifdef PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP
> 
> to detect the presence of a particular lock type. The workaround is to
> test for the corresponding static initializer instead:
> 
> #ifdef PTHREAD_ADAPTIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP

I really wish nobody ever does any tests like this.  It'll definitely
change in future and will create only problems.  Adding such macros
would only encourage this kind of use.

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